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Announcement · 8 October 2026

# At the EBRA Group's newspapers, AI at the centre of a strike call

Original title, in French: “Dans les journaux du Groupe EBRA, l’IA au cœur d’un appel à la grève”

**Publication**

Le Monde (France) · subscribers only

**Author**

Michaël Moreau

**Published on**

8 October 2026 · read in the page structured data

## Summary

The Syndicat national des journalistes is calling a work stoppage on Friday 9 October at the nine daily newspapers of the EBRA press group. The call is a protest against a plan that, according to the union, involves a staff reduction of nearly 10% and greater use of artificial intelligence in the group's newsrooms.

Summary based on the article's title and standfirst, as the text is not accessible.

[Read the article on Le Monde →](https://www.lemonde.fr/economie/article/2026/10/08/dans-les-journaux-du-groupe-ebra-l-ia-au-c-ur-d-un-appel-a-la-greve_6790262_3234.html)

## Figures cited

-   10 %
    
    staff reduction planned in the EBRA group's plan
    
    EBRA press group, nine daily newspapers
    
    > « un plan prévoyant une réduction de près de 10 % des effectifs et un recours accru à l'intelligence artificielle »
    

## Classification

**Country**

France

**Company size**

All sizes

**Industries**

Media, communications, marketing

**Companies**

Syndicat national des journalistes (cited), Groupe Ebra (deploys AI)

**Keywords**

press, strike, headcount, journalism, employment

Entry written by Marsanne Studio from the cited article, with the help of an AI model (claude-sonnet-5). The rights to the article and its illustrations belong to Le Monde and its author. Entry translated from French by Claude Sonnet 5.5.